Multi-State System Reliability ─ Assessment, Optimization and Applications

This book is the first to be devoted to multi-state system (MSS) reliability analysis and optimization. It contains a brief historical overview, presents the basic concepts of MSS, defines MSS reliability measures and systematically describes the tools for MSS reliability assessment and optimization. It offers a comprehensive, up-to-date presentation of MSS reliability theory based on the modern advantages in this field and provides a theoretical summary and examples of engineering applications to a variety of technical problems. The book is primarily addressed to practising reliability engineers and researchers with an interest in reliability and performability analysis. It can also be used as a textbook for senior undergraduate or graduate courses in several fields: industrial engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and applied mathematics.